in  any  oUier  way  are  sure  of  cotistant  employment 
if  they  own  and  manage  a  sta  ictly  first  -  class 
Threshing  ilachiue.  Such  a  thresher  can  he 
paid  for  in  a  single  season,  besides  making  good 
wages  for  the  man  who  buys  it.  Bend  to  Messrs. 
NrcuoLS,  Biiepaiid  (fe  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich., 
for  their  illustrated  circulars  and  ])ricc  list,  giving 
full  infoiTiiation. 
It  is  quite  as  well  that  this  should  be  so.  Tlie 
threshing  machine  is  used  so  short  a  time  each 
year  that  the  interest  on  its  cost  will  often  pay 
for  threshing  the  grain  an  ordinary  farm  mil 
produce.  None  the  less,  however,  is  every'  far¬ 
mer  intcresh'd  in  employing  only  the  most  j>cr- 
fect  thrcslier  to  be  found  in  tiro  market,  H  Is 
very'  easy  in  a  single  .season  to  waste  more  good 
grain  than  w<ruld  buy  a  new  machine,  i  lus 
waste  is  well  understood  by  fai-mers,  and  only 
because  Um  many  suppose  that  it  is 
(Lljf  (Bai'tlfn 
WHIFFS  FEOM  CANADA 
Whew  !  what  a  whiff  swooiis  over  the  garden 
to-day.  It  is  no  use  making  English  rhymes  to 
suit  this  country.  Here  it  should  be :  April 
winds  ancl  .May  shirwera  bring  forth  Juno  flowers. 
The  wind,  the  souUiwest  wind  is  the  one  that  is 
just  now  careening  the  overgreens  and  sighing 
its  mournful  rain  notes.  1  wonder  if  the  flower 
roots  kiiow  tliat  this  -rough  tia-atment  is  just 
what  they  need  to  make  them  grow,  that  it  is  the 
wind  which  brings 
"  life,  sunshine  iind  deslro, 
And  o’er  evnry  mount  and  luciidow 
Itruatlies  nroinntic  Ure." 
We  too,  like  the  rootlets,  do  riot  always  feel 
that  the  stirring  and  shaking,  and  roughness  of 
sorrow  or  disupjiointmont  are  for  our  good.  We 
murmur  us  the  t  rees  do  now  in  the  strong  broe/.c. 
Wo  get  a  good  ‘‘wliitf*'  from  the  West  when  it 
blows,  for  the  Canadians  do  not  revere  a  forest, 
and  have  cut  down  the  striji  o*’  woodland  that 
inUirvenofl  between  our  iileasant  river  and  the 
Ht.  Tiawi'onco.  Wliere  years  ago  wo  saw  but 
waving  trees,  we  ean  now  see  the  white  far-idl 
steamers  ns  they  llit  np  and  down  on  the  hlno 
green  water  of  our  lieautiful,  yes,  magniticeut 
river,  for  if  there  is  anjihing  wc  are  proud  of  iu 
Canada  it  is  the  grand  St.  Lawrence. 
But  this  is  not  gardening.  Jlow  the  fall  bulbs 
are  corning  above  tlio  ground.  Those  wo  jilauted 
in  late  Bejitember  are  nearly  in  flower,  Avhilo 
those  put  in  a  fortnight  later  are  only  just  above 
In  that  way  a  siiecessiou  is  kept  up 
THE  OSBORN  SULKY  PLOW 
drawn  by  an  elephant.  It  was  a  most  prumtive 
affair,  aiul  tlie  power  seemed  out  of  all  propor¬ 
tion  to  tlie  strength  of  the  ]ilow.  When  we  re¬ 
gard  the  advance  in  this  department  of  agricul¬ 
ture  and  its  latest  expres.sion  as  shown  by  the 
aecomiianying  illuslratiou,  wo  are  inclined  to 
think  that  the  world  is  progressing  indeed.  We 
have  painful  reeolleetions  of  “•  following  the 
plow.”  II  was  not  an  agreeable  oceiipation.  and 
as  for  guiding  the  erratic  course  of  the  imple¬ 
ment  well,  eonid  as  justly  liave  l.iid  claim  to 
du’oeting  a  Bengal  tiger  by  gitntly  twisting  his 
tail.  Mr.  Osuoii.s  bas  made  a  decided  step  in 
advance  in  his  invention,  and  Messr.s.  fiaKoo  & 
Co,,  Trunianshnrg,  N.  Y..  the  manufacturers  of 
the  Osborn  Bulky  Blow,  deserve  success. 
The  mnehiao  was  jiatmiled  in  ISfiU,  but  not 
thorouglily  iutrodiKs.sl  till  1H70.  Altbough  car¬ 
rying  a  driver,  its  draft,  it  is  claimed,  is  no 
lieavier  tlian  the  ordinary  plow,  and  almost  any 
stylo  of  right-liaiid  plow  can  be  seeiired  to  Uie 
sulky,  which  is  a  great  point  in  its  favor.  The 
I  vibrating  frame  to  wbicli  the  plow  is  attached  is 
pivoted  to  the  axle  and  is  so  arranged  as  to  he 
frieti<.ujle.ss.  The  axle  itself  is  adjustable,  and 
ean  he  raised,  lowered  or  tiiqied  iu  either  direc¬ 
tion  at  will,  throwing  the  pl'»w  on  the  mold- 
board,  jireclhcly  as  is  done  by  hand,  enabling  the 
diiver  to  regulate  the  deiith  and  width  of  fur¬ 
row  without  dilllculty. 
The  jilow  is  handled  by  the  driver  from  his 
seat  by  a  siinjile  system  of  levers.  It  works 
quite  as  satisfactorily  in  stony  and  hard  land, 
and  the  makers  claim  that  it  even  shows  to  bet¬ 
tor  advantage  on  such  land.  Our  readers  should 
investigate  improvomeuts  of  this  nature,  and 
Messrs.  Oukoo  A  Co.  will  be  happy  to  furnish 
full  particulars,  free,  ou  aiiplication. 
ARRANGING  A  MARKET 
GARDEN. 
A  MAHKET  OAHUENKU  WrihfS 
to  the  Evening  Boat  as  fol- 
lows:  -“Much  lalior  may  he 
saved  by  arranging  tJie  garden 
in  long,  narrow  beds,  ruiming 
north  and  sontli,  instead  of  ir¬ 
regular  and  ilisperr-cd  jistehes. 
The  fruit  should  be  placed  in 
rows  so  disposed  that  they  as  well  as  other  rows 
ean  ho  cultivated  readily  and  easily  by  horse  and 
hand  nnvehines,  of  wliich  tliere  are  several  excel¬ 
lent  ones.  When  thus  arranged,  the  garden  ean 
he  well  plowed  and  harrowed  by  one  horse,  with¬ 
out  injury  to  the  fruit  or  hods  of  pennanout 
vegetables  or  herbs.  It  will  bo  found  very  eon- 
veuicTit  to  have  a  broad  jJat  of  grass  at  ea''h  end 
of  the  garden,  tqion  which  the  horse  may  he 
turiiwl.  These  should  he  kept  elosely  shaven 
wiUi  a  lawn-mower.  Most  of  the  sowing  and 
plantuig  may  lie  done  with  a  hand-drill,  which, 
with  arrangements  to  enable  it  to  he  used  as  a 
weedor  or  a  cultivator,  can  be  procured  for  a  few 
dollars.  These  implements  urea  great  nelief  to 
the  labor  of  g.ardening,  and  prevent  the  necessity 
of  nmeh  stooping.  Tliey  are  certainly  as  neces¬ 
sary  to  the  wife  and  daughters  of  the  homostciad, 
uiKin  whom  the  gardening  mainly  tails,  as  tlu: 
horse  rake  or  mower  to  tlie  beys  and  the  father. 
OSUOIIN  SXM.ICV  J’J.OW. 
necessary.  If  farmers  were  only  more  iNirticu- 
lar,  itinerant  threshers  would  he  forced  to  have 
the  liost  matfliiues  or  go  without  jobs. 
Borne  years  ago  Messrs.  Nu’itoLU,  Biiupard  & 
Co.  of  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  took  a  “new  de- 
jiarture  ”  iu  the  'J'hresher  line.  They  originated, 
invented  and  developed  a  new  kind  of  'J’hresher, 
which  they  christened  and  named  tlie  “  Vibra¬ 
tor.”  11  (liffiTs  from  the  “old  style”  niacliim.n 
ill  disiK'iising  with  all  Aprons,  Beaters,  Bickers, 
Itiiddles,  etc.,  and  performs  tlio  fniielions  of 
sejiaraling  tlie  grain  by  "njiliftiiig  fingers^ 
which  “shako  np”  the  straw  and  "sluikeont” 
tlie  intermingled  grain  very  iiiiieh  us  onr  forc- 
the  ground 
until  other  flowers  como  on, 
I  put  a  box  of  loose  earth  in  the  cellar  last 
fall,  and  awhile  ago,  before  we  could  get  at  a 
hot-bud  to  sow,  I  tiUed  some  little  pots  with  part 
of  the  earth  and  drojiped  three  tomato  scods  in 
each,  covered  lightly,  and  sot  the  pots  in  tlie 
eaidh  in  the  box,  covering  them  to  the  rim.  'J'his 
jilan  prevents  drying.  'They  arc  easily  lifted  to 
transplant,  and  ean  be  canded  to  anyplace  where 
the  sunshine,  lieal  and  moisture  of  the  house 
are  best  suited  for  their  growth.  My  only  fear  is 
that  they  will  bo  too  large  before  settled  weal.lier 
comes,  for  Uie  mornings  are  very  cold  and  frosty, 
and  Mavsik  and  I  have  more  ti-oulile  lilanketmg 
the  hot-bed  tlian  wo  do  oimselvcs,  and  the  long, 
green  rows  of  tender  plants  make  us  long  for 
weather  to  transplant  them. 
'The  hu'ds  have  eoiiie  hack  iu  great  numbers. 
They  seem  k>  know'  wo  protect  them,  and  follow 
almost  close  to  the  jilow  or  harrow  looking  for 
earth  worms.  Yesterday  I  saw  papa  slop  when 
he  was  Jiarrowhig  hetweeu  the  rows  of  euiTiuit 
bushes,  he  picked  up  something  in  his  Jiaml,  it 
was  a  dead  bird.  Boor  thing !  ho  said,  and  raaile 
a  deep  Jiole  and  put  it  iu,  under  the  shade  of  a 
maple,  where  no  cat  could  got  it  for  a  breakfast, 
lie  is  very  kind  to  our  feathered  friends  and  so 
are  all  the  hoys.  I  have  oftc-n  seen  tlicin  when 
the  little  gi-ay  birds  had  made  their  nosts  iu  the 
long  grass  go  around  the  sjiot,  or  gently  l  eiiiove 
the  nest  to  a  safer  place,  when  the  plow  or  liar- 
row  was  likely  to  disturb  it. 
We  aio  all  mouiuiiug  the  loss  of  our  .strawberry 
jilants.  'Bhc  winter  was,  in  the  early  pin  t,  so 
open,  that  the  freezing  and  thawing  desti’oyed 
the  long  rows  of  green  plants,  from  wlileh  we 
had  the  promise  of  much  ruliy  fruiti.  Why 
didn’t  we  cover  them  ?  well,  pajia  has  a  dislike  to 
straw,  which  is  often  full  of  weeds,  and  it  was 
diflicult  to  get  the  right  thing.  We  tAlkud  of 
forest  loaves,  knowing  them  to  be  the  best,  but 
the  huny  of  fall  work,  witli  1 ,800  biisliels  of  aj> 
liles  to  pick,  and  as  many  potatoes,  besides  tlie 
gathering  in  of  a  lai’ge  garden,  did  not  leave  the 
spare  day  reqnii'cd,  and  we  trusted  to  the  snow. 
Our  main  crop  is  Gio  AVilson,  but  for  a  choice 
late  vai  iety  wo  like  the  “  Seth  Boyden  ”  vei'y 
much,  only  it  is  too  tender  fur  tliis  climate, 
where  frost  comes  on  in  early  October  and  does 
not  leave  us  till  late  in  May,  and  last  year  we  had 
only  one  month  (August)  iu  which  there  was  no 
frost.  A'’ct  so  attractive  is  our  homo  in  summer 
time  that  we  love  it,  perhaps,  “not  wisely  but 
too  well,”  to  “go  AV'est.” 
It  is  too  early  for  squashes,  which  requii’e 
W'annth  before  being  planted,  but  wlieu  the 
ground  is  ready  wc  malte  hills  eight  feet  apai-t 
each  way,  and,  putting  iu  wcll-rottod  maniiro, 
cover  up,  and  drop  the  seed,  eight  or  nine  in  a 
liill,  to  he  thinned  out  if  they  survive  their  ene¬ 
mies.  The  young  plants  need  protection  from 
the  squash  bug,  and  we  try  various  devices. 
A  box  with  a  pane  of  glass  for  the  bottom,  and 
inverted,  will  be  of  great  use  in  the  early  stage, 
or  old  wire  covers,  such  as  are  used  at  table,  we 
serviceable.  Old  hoop-akii't  wire,  covered  with 
mosquito  netting,  is  good,  but  if  a  high  wind 
prevail  they  are  apt  to  bo  blown  away.  The  best 
thing  I  know  is  a  boy,  who,  with  thumb  and  fin¬ 
ger,  catclies  the  bugs  in  early  moriiiug  before 
they  are  ilriud  from  the  dew. 
We  grow  some  years  “  Hubbard  ”  others'*  Mai’- 
blehead,”  taking  cai'e  to  have  the  squash  edge 
away  from  melons  or  cucumbers,  and  to  grow 
Oe  the  I’niZK  (hiuus,  luauufactnrod  by  A.  B. 
(’oHu  at  11)7  AVater  Bt.,  New  Vork,  .Mr.  AVin- 
LAKU  says  :  It  differs  from  other  chm  us  in  gen¬ 
eral  use.  It  is  hiniiile  in  its  constmetiou,  very 
eompaot  ,  e.asily  operated,  not  liable  to  get  out  of 
repair  and  has  the  merit  of  being  easily  cleaned. 
In  testing  this  churn  we  Jind  tlie  butter  comes 
witli  a  good  grain,  and  is  in  a  oondition  to  be 
reailily  separati'd  from  the  buttermill:  and  wash¬ 
ed  in  the  chiu’u.  It  is  a  churn  tliat  does  good 
work  and  can  not  fail  to  give  satisfaction. 
THE  “VIBRATOR”  THRESHING  MACHINE. 
Next  to  harvesting  a  crop,  the  most  imiiortant 
item  to  the  farmer  is  iu  saving  it  after  it  is 
THE  SPIDER  FAMILY 
Ai.i,  the  spider  family,  Iind  them  where  you 
may,  and  they  oi’c  foinid  in  all  habitable  parts  of 
the  globe,  are  Eannibals.  Father  spider  will 
make  a  hreakfa.st,  without  the  least  hesitation, 
of  his  chikkeii,  while  the  inother  seems  at  times 
to  be  so  tenderly  attached  to  her  j’ouug,  tliat  she 
would  prefer  to  perish 
rwith  them !  She  does 
not  seem  to  have  the 
same  love  for  her  iiiate 
however,  for  she  lias 
been  known  after  a 
vain  endeavor  to  pre¬ 
vent  **  hubby  ”  from 
eating  the  children,  to 
come  to  the  conclusion 
that  he  would  make  a 
good  meal,  and  falluig 
upon  liim  would  gobble 
liim  111)  short  order, 
,  Even  in  the  rcprodiic- 
_  iiig  seosoii  will  modain 
.1:^%  ^  ~  .  spider  attack  her  lord, 
and  conquering  him  in 
fair  fight,  will  at  once 
devour  him.  Certain 
supplied  with  a  Kiiiall 
bladder, somewhat  sim- 
ilar  to  a  dram,  and  the 
'  ^  sound  made  by  it,  call¬ 
ed  by  the  superstitious 
ACKER  FOLDED  UP. 
nothing  more  than  the  spider  dnunming  for  his 
mistress  to  come  forth  from  her  hiding  place. 
Allusion  is  made  to  this  by  Lacou,  where  he 
says  “  an  old  man  like  the  spider,  can  never 
make  love  without  beating  his  own  dead  watch.” 
A  Dead  Ape.— Mafuka,  a  celebrated  ape  of  the 
Dresden  Zoological  Garden,  is  dead. 
extensive, 
